Tennille v. Western Union Company, The

Filing 286

ORDER : The plaintiffs shall file a Notice of Lodestar Calculation on or before October 7, 2013. by Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya on 9/30/2013. (trlee, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya
Civil Action No. 09-cv-00938-MSK-KMT

JAMES P. TENNILLE,
ROBERT SMET,
ADELAIDA DELEON, and
YAMILET RODRIGUEZ, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, and
WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
Defendants.

ORDER

This matter is before the court on the June 24, 2013 referral to this court by Senior
District Judge John L. Kane of the attorney fee disputes in this consolidated class action,
including the Motion for Attorney Fees [Doc. No. 195] and the Motion to Strike [Doc. No. 208].
( See [Doc. No. 252].)
After conducting a mediation in this matter, this court has determined that it must review
the generated attorney time compilations of the Plaintiffs’ counsel before a definitive
recommendation to the court can be made. Therefore, it is

ORDERED
1.

The plaintiffs shall file a Notice of Lodestar Calculation on or before October 7,

2013. This notice may contain summary calculations but must include, at least, each
individual’s billing rate, justification for the billing rate and a calculation per individual billing
of total hours expended on the case to date, together with any categories or other breakdowns the
plaintiffs determine would be useful to the court. The notice must also contain an approximation
of the plaintiffs’ lodestar calculation to carry the case to completion pursuant to the terms of the
Settlement Agreement.
2.

The Plaintiff shall produce contemporaneously, for in camera review, its detailed

billing records supporting the calculations set forth in the Notice of Lodestar Calculation. The
detailed billing records may be submitted by delivery of a form of electronic media (DVD,
external hard drive or a stick or zip drive) to the chambers of Kathleen M. Tafoya, 1929 Stout
Street, Denver, Colorado 80294 or submission may be made electronically to
[e-mail].
Dated this30th day of September, 2013.

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